K-9 (2010 Spin-off Series)
A proposed K-9 television series or special had been rumoured since the late 1990s, and images of a redesigned K-9 were leaked. However, nothing came of this effort until 2006.
On 24 April 2006 The Independent, the Daily Star and The Times confirmed, following previous rumours, that K-9 would be featured in a 26-part children's series, K-9, to be written by Bob Baker. The article in The Times also featured a picture of the redesigned K-9 for the animated series. The series will be a blend of live-action and a CGI K-9.
Each episode is 30 minutes long, made by Jetix Europe and London-based distribution outfit Park Entertainment. According to a report in Broadcast magazine, the BBC opted out of involvement in order to focus on their own Doctor Who spin-off, Torchwood, meaning that BBC-owned characters do not appear in the series.
On 3 April 2010 the TV series K-9 began broadcasting on the Australian Television Network Ten as part of a Saturday morning line-up of children's shows. John Leeson is the voice of K-9. The first episode called "Regeneration" featured the earlier Mark I version of K-9. The "older" K-9 materializes in London in the future and in the midst of an incident where an alien species is threatening human lives. K-9 sacrifices himself in order to save the humans, but one component survives that enables his self-regeneration into the new unit. The main human cast members include Robert Moloney as Professor Gryffen, Keegan Joyce as Starkey (K-9's new "master"), and Daniel Webber as Darius. The first 14 episodes of K-9 season 1 were broadcast mid-morning on Channel 5 in December 2010 with the remaining episodes scheduled for January 2011. Trailers for the series appeared on Channel 5 from early December voiced by John Leeson. Originally, it had been planned to split the series in two halves between the Christmas 2010 and Easter 2011 school holiday schedules.
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